Jack's POV
I quickly managed to move into a new house next to Sofia. I can't believe I met her after so many years. She looked so beautiful and mature. Even though she didn't know that I'm a werewolf, I tried not to expose myself to her until the right time came.
I went to the Angela Forest to meet my clan, which was called Star clan. I have told them that I found Sofia not far away from here. They were happy to know the news, I knew they adored her when she was a kid.
I went back to my home and I noticed Sofia wasn't back home yet. I guess she was busy with her work. As I was about to get into my house, my clan suddenly showed up. They told me that our enemy, the Moon clan, which was another werewolf clan, tried to attack our clan.
I felt my blood boiling when I thought about that clan, they would always plan something to destroy my entire clan. I knew they were in a rage to find the gem, but as long as I'm here, I would never let them win.
They quickly left before anyone could see them, I thought. Until, someone called me out nearby. I looked back and saw Sofia standing in front of me. What the heck was she doing here late at night?
"Sofia?" I called out softly to check if she's really there or it was my illusion.
"What were those I saw?" She questioned me back and that made me stunned. I guess she might have seen my clan after she came back home.
"Those? What do you mean? I don't get it." I tried not to sound so suspicious but it didn't help anyway.
"I just saw a group of werewolves standing in front of you. I thought they were going to attack you. But, you look calm and fine with it." She walked towards me and stood close to me with her arms crossed.
This was not the right time to tell her the truth. She needed to be protected at any cost. I couldn't let her get hurt by them again.
"Hello, are you even listening to me?" She snapped in front of me which came out from my thoughts.
"That…. those were….." I tried to come up with an excuse but I kept hesitating.
"Never mind, forget it." She said that before I could answer. Does she not feel suspicious of me at all?
"Are you ok? You look a bit pale tonight." I just noticed Sofia's face that looked kind of different from usual.
"I'm fine, it's just that…..I felt something weird inside me, like something sinister." She said that making me worried about her.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. I'm perfectly fine." She said those words that made me calm down for now. Hope I won't let her down on the first day of our meeting.
"Ok, I guess I should just go back home then." I said quickly and I was about to retreat myself, before Sofia called out my name.
"Jack." When she said my name, I felt my heart skip a beat. It had been a while since I heard her calling my name. It made me feel nostalgic. I smiled widely as a response for her.
"Yes…Sofia." I looked back trying not to smile at her.
"Would you mind if you walk with me? I kind of feel bored staying in the house all day long. Can you?" She asked me with a lot of expectations in her eyes.
Of course I can, how can I let her offer down so easily? She's my Sofia after all. "Of…of course I can, after…after you."
Sofia smiled at me with so much excitement. "Thank you."
Sofia turned away and walked on the street again. I smiled to myself before catching up to her, I knew this was going to be a great night for us.
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"So, what are you doing these days?" I tried to make up a conversation with Sofia so I can get closer to her.
"Well, I'm not really a socialist person, so I'd rather do something alone, which is why I'm working from home." She finished her sentence with a smirk.
"You're alone? Why?" I put my hands in my pockets and looked at her for answers.
"Well…you see…. There's something I don't know about myself. It's that…..I don't remember my past life." She quickly remembered the time when that horrible incident took place.
"You don't remember till today?" She looked down at the ground before looking back at me.
"I have no idea. The last thing I knew was that I was admitted to the hospital. And the doctors said that I was lying unconsciously on a road somewhere. That's all I could remember."
Thanks to the Moon goddess, she didn't remember who I actually am. In short, she had forgotten the whole incident happened in the Angela Forest. It needed to be maintained like this until the right time.
"So you're saying you have no idea about your family, your life and everything?" I tried to make it cool so I won't sound suspicious.
"Yeah, but I'd rather not know about it anyway, because I'm doing great right now. What's the worst thing that could happen?"
As we kept talking to each other without knowing the time passed by, a group of werewolves showed up in front of us. Sofia screamed in panic and hid behind me. It was the Moon clan again, I knew they were up to something to hurt her.
"Jack, it's the werewolves!!!! Let's get out of here now!!!!" Sofia screamed in fear and held me from behind. I patted her to calm down before looking back at the werewolves, glaring at them deadly.
"Don't worry Sofia, I won't let you hurt when I'm here." As I said that, one of the werewolves jumped towards us, but I quickly caught its feet and threw him onto a tree.
"Jack, Noo!!" Sofia pulled me back in fear, she couldn't believe that I attacked a werewolf in front of her.
"Go away, Sofia!! This is dangerous!!" I tried to push her away when the werewolves were ready to attack us.
"But what about you?!" I sighed and patted her shoulder.
"I'll be fine, you need to get out of here. Quickly!!!" I said before I caught another werewolf and punched its body. She was hesitating a bit before leaving me with the werewolves.
"What do you think you're doing, you Moon clan?!!" My eyes started to glow in red as my anger took over me again.
One of the werewolves came towards me and growled at me with its shape fangs, and started to speak. "Don't you dare to think that girl can escape from us!! Her death is in our hands anyway!!"
I held the werewolf tightly and crushed its whole body. "I won't let anything happen to Sofia until I'm with her. Tell your stupid boss the same thing. I knew he sent you guys here!!" I said and threw the werewolf out of my face.
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After a tough fight, I managed to take care of them by knocking them off. I had a lot of scratches and wounds all over my body, but I knew it could be healed in no time. Now, I'm worrying about Sofia who ran away in fear.
"Sofia, where are you?" I tried to call her out but she's not responding. Suddenly, I heard a loud screaming coming nearby. I did recognize the voice and it was her. I ran as fast as I could until I saw the scene which shocked me to the core.
Sofia was lying on the ground, holding a werewolf above her that was trying to attack her. I quickly ran over and pushed that werewolf away from her. I was trying to calm it down but it was raging in anger.
"Jack, don't do it!!!" Sofia wanted to help me but I knew she was scared to get close.
"It's ok Sofia, let me deal with this." Honestly, I really wanted to change back to werewolf form so I could kill this wild werewolf, but having Sofia standing in front of me stopped me from doing so.
"Jack, you're bleeding!!! Please let it go and get out of here!!!" Sofia pleaded with me to stop everything I'm doing right now. How can I let go of this werewolf who tried to kill my Sofia? Out of rage, the werewolf scratched my cheek with its sharp claws.
Without any control, I turned myself into a werewolf and I started to attack it violently. I growled loudly and my eyes glowed brightly. I scratched and attacked the werewolf so hard until it's dead. I got away from the werewolf and looked back at Sofia, who had a shocking expression on her face.
That's when I realised, I changed myself to a werewolf in front of Sofia without any control. I quickly changed back to human form and looked at Sofia.
"Sofia, I…." Sofia moved back from me with so much fear. I could tell that she was stunned that I'm a werewolf too.
"Are…..are…are you a werewolf?!!" Sofia voiced out and asked me, her body was trembling and she was sweating a lot. I guess, it's useless to hide the truth now, as she had already seen it anyway.
"Yes, I'm a werewolf, but listen to me Sofia, I was trying to…." Sofia quickly went back into her house before I could finish. I facepalm myself that I knew I messed up so badly.
"What am I going to do now? She knew the real me."
To Be Continued...
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